Current projects

Archana
Photo by Simon Richardson.

Painting by Noelle Williamson.

Sacred Move aims to demonstrate the presence of different faiths. The piece was developed in in response to Liverpool Culture Company's theme for 2004 "Faith in one city". The initial performances took place in Liverpool's two landmark cathedrals in August 2004.

The international tour of Sacred Move in 2005 was called Across the sea and took place in May 2005 across the Irish Sea at Cork, European Capital of Culture 2005.

The performance was accompanied by an extensive outreach programme, see the comments.

The next performance of Sacred Move is on 8th December 2005 for the Nartan Fesival in Leicester curated by CICD. Contact Chaturangan or CICD for further information.

Brouhaha International
Festival July 2005

Kali Dass dancing against a figure
made by children from
Mable School Liverpool
designed and supported by
Donna Berry

Brouhaha projects In 2004 Chaturangan entered into a very successful partnership with Brouhaha international festival. A short excerpt of Sacred move was presented at this year's park event. We have successfully completed our collaboration with the Brouhaha International Festival in Sefton Park in July 2005. Our contribution included the following.

• Shimmer, a new choreography by Sri Sarker for two separate groups, "Goddess" (a community group of Egyption dancers) and "GODS" (Growing Old Disgracefully), set to newly commissioned music by Arun Ghosh, with costumes by Vanessa. The two groups groups performed together in the park, delighting a large audience.
• Bahar. This was a dance project involving Mablane Primary School and the sculptor Donna Berry, to produce a large scale dancing figure for the Brouhaha Mela stage.
• Rangbahar. This project involved "Brothers of Charity", a centre for adults with special needs. They danced the story of "Hafiz the Stone-cutter" with Bisakha and other Indian dancers, then worked with visual artist Nina Edge to produce a banner for the Brouhaha Mela Festival, depicting images from the dance story. The banner is now on permanent display in the centre.
• Dance at Mela. Chaturangan curated performances by Manushi (from Nottingham), Kajal Sharma and company (from Chester) and Kali Dass. The performance charmed a large audience.

Dance of the night sky This project is a collaboration with the Planetarium in Liverpool Museum. We have created a visual installation based on Hindu myths related to the stars. The work is linked to an innovative education programme. The installation is suitable for touring at other appropriate venues and galleries. Artists involved in the project include Ali Harwood, Dan Saul, Arun Ghosh, Kali Dass, Shane Shambhu, Sangeeta Ghosh and Mohana Sripadam.

Contact Chaturangan for further details.